Vegaman Posted July 5, 2015 Report Share Posted July 5, 2015 (edited) As per the topic title, can anybody compare these two. I have used the SPBs in X and liked them a lot. They are gathering dust at the moment though as I have moved to a bit softer shafts. So the SPBs in stiff sounds good, but wonder how the K's Tour would compare? Another reason is the Epon SUS irons with SPBs Stiffs in the BST that caught my eye! Edited July 5, 2015 by Vegaman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey Tan Posted July 5, 2015 Report Share Posted July 5, 2015 (edited) Cheaper option...soft step them. Once more if you have to... I used both in my Af tours. Both felt great but if you like a bit if heft in the club stick to the spb... The shimada were higher but I reckon the spb were longer. Both were very very straight. Hutchy would be the one to speak to about shimada in Epon. Cheers Edited July 5, 2015 by Jeffrey Tan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegaman Posted July 5, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 5, 2015 Cheaper option...soft step them. Once more if you have to... I used both in my Af tours. Both felt great but if you like a bit if heft in the club stick to the spb... The shimada were higher but I reckon the spb were longer. Both were very very straight. Hutchy would be the one to speak to about shimada in Epon. Cheers Ok! Thanks for the feedback Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supo Posted July 6, 2015 Report Share Posted July 6, 2015 agreed 100% shimada are similar to SP blue. but a bit "thinner" same flight pretyt much. both suit epon heads superbly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hutch Posted July 6, 2015 Report Share Posted July 6, 2015 Just on me way out the door but will chime in latter. Stew has it in a nutshell. Would say designed for different tempo/transition though. Hence the difference in hight opinions. SPB felt bit heavy for me. gone SPR in the P1s as lighter head and have a nice feel, reaction and flight in those. SPO are also very good and stable. Nice weight. Can give you compo in the SUS as tested both SPB and SPO in that head. I shall return :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey Tan Posted July 6, 2015 Report Share Posted July 6, 2015 (edited) If you decide to soft step 1x or 2x them maybe an idea to use So for the reminding long or mid irons. SPO feel softer and launch higher. Ideal for your longer clubs. Edited July 6, 2015 by Jeffrey Tan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegaman Posted July 6, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 6, 2015 Just on me way out the door but will chime in latter. Stew has it in a nutshell. Would say designed for different tempo/transition though. Hence the difference in hight opinions. SPB felt bit heavy for me. gone SPR in the P1s as lighter head and have a nice feel, reaction and flight in those. SPO are also very good and stable. Nice weight. Can give you compo in the SUS as tested both SPB and SPO in that head. I shall return :) Sounds interesting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hutch Posted July 6, 2015 Report Share Posted July 6, 2015 Ok so shimada SP series. Jeff makes a good point, I have done similar with the wedges and gone slightly heavier SPO, I was tempted to go blue in the wedges, Orange in the shorts and red in the longs, If the P1s were bit weightier I would have done that. Cant go wrong with the SP series as they make a good combo set. Shimada have always been a difficult one for me, had them fitted so many times and just never fell in love with them. I find the tour lights need a real smooth tempo so not so keen on those for me. The tours on the other hand do have the versatility of suiting different styles and hold up when you pull the trigger, not as good as the SPB in that regard though. They are both great shafts and very direct but the Shimada are a bit higher in loft IMO. Feel of the shimada tour is bit better than the SPB but splitting hairs really. I found the tours to be bit skiddy some times...meaning the od shot in the scoring irons would shoot out very low when expecting a nice high ball flight, generally happened when I tried to squeeze bit more out. Also say the shimada tour have bit more spin in the short irons. This is only one mans opinion, but I don't think you can go wrong with either. My favourite Shimada shaft is the 7001, great feel, superb flight best all round for me. Have these in my SUS now and are a good fit. Hope this helps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegaman Posted July 6, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 6, 2015 Thanks hutchy, good info Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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